Yes, it is a technical solution to a "problem" (air quotes denoting that this was a conscious business decision by Google). It brought to my mind the infamous

Yes, it is a technical solution to a "problem" (air quotes denoting that this was a conscious business decision by Google). It brought to my mind the infamous checklists explaining why technical solutions to spam would fail: http://craphound.com/spamsolutions.txt http://craphound.com/spamsolutions.txt